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Analuminumpartisdroppedontoarigidsurface.Theobjectiveistoinvestigatethestressanddeformationsduring theimpact.
Analysis Steps
1. StartAbaqusandchoosetocreateanewmodeldatabase 2. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonthePartsnode(orrightclickonpartsandselectCreate)
a. Settheextrusiondepthto200mm.
7. Createadatumpointatthecenteroftheplate(midwaybetweendiagonalpoints).
8. FromthemenubarselectToolsReferencePoint
11. DoubleclickontheSectionsnodeinthemodeltree a. Namethesectionbracket_secandselectSolidforthecategoryandHomogeneousforthetype b. ClickContinue c. Selectthematerialcreatedabove(Aluminum)andClickOK 12. ExpandthePartsnodeinthemodeltree,expandthenodeofthepartBracket,anddoubleclickon SectionAssignments a. SelecttheentiregeometryintheviewportandpressDoneinthepromptarea b. Selectthesectioncreatedabove(bracket_sec) c. ClickOK
14. Now,rotatethebracketsothattheimpactwilloccuratthelowerrightcorner.Thiswillba accomplishedbyrotatingtheobjectfirstwithrespecttothezaxisfollowedbyrotationaboutxaxis. a. SelectRotateInstanceicon. b. SelecttheBracket c. Acceptthedefaultvaluesofstartingpoint(0,0,0)bypressingEnter d. Enter(0,0,1)fortheendpointofrotationaxis. e. Enter15(degrees)forAngleofRotation. Theassemblyshouldlooksimilartothescreenshot below.Besuretoconfirmthefinalrotatedposition byclickingonOKatthepromptregion!
Theassemblyshouldlooksimilartothescreenshotbelow.
ClickOk
e. Thecompletedassemblyshouldnowlooklikeisshownbelow.
20. SelecttheCreatePredefinedFieldiconundertheLoadmodule. a. Namethepredefinedfield. b. PullldownInitialstepundertheStepselection(seefigure). c. SettheCategorytoMechanicalandbesureVelocityisselected. d. Notethepromptregionasksyoutoselecttheregions. e. Rotatetheimageonthescreensothatthebracketcanbehighlighted.Be suretherigidplateisnotselected! f. ClickDoneinthepromptregion. g. Whenprompted,Enter500[mm/s]intheV2fieldoftheEditPredefinedFieldwindow.The velocityvectorsshouldnowbedisplayedonthescreen.
22. DoubleclickontheInteractionsnodeinthemodeltree a. Nametheinteraction,selectGeneralContact(Explicit) (Explicit)andclickContinue b. SelectAll*withselfontheEditInteractionsWindow. c. Besuretoassigntheappropriateinteractionpropertyunder GlobalPropertyassignmentintheContactPropertiestabof thewindow. d. Changethecontactinteractionpropertiestotheonecreated above(ifnotalreadydone) e. ClickOK
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23. OpentheFieldOuput1andchangetheIntervalfortheoutputrequestto100.
26. InthetoolboxareaclickontheMeshParticon
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a. ClickYes
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29. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthesubmittedandsuccessfullycompletedjob,andselectResults 30. 31. Toseetheeffectofimpact,youcaneitheranimatethedeformedshape,orstepthrougheachtimestepof thesolution.Herethestepbystepmethodisdiscussed. a. Inthetoolboxareaclickonthefollowingicons i. PlotContoursonDeformedShape ii. SwitchtotheFirststepofthesolution. iii. ClickontheNextstep. iv. Repeatafewtimesandobservethechangeinthestresscontours,and alsobesurethecontactdoesnotextendintotherigidsurface.Youallalsonoticethatthe Bracketwillstarttoseparatefromtherigidplate!
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32. Youmayalsowishtoseethebehaviorofthesystemenergy,specificallymakingsuretheartificialstrain energyisnotasubstantialpercentageoftheoverall(Internal)energyofthesystem. a. ClickontheCreateXYDataicon. b. BesuretheSourceisODB Historyoutputthenclick Continue c. HoldtheCTRLkeyandselectthe energytermsyouwishtoplot.IN theexample belowInternalandArtificalenergy termshave beenselected.
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